Gump was in Company A, 2/47th Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division. Platoon leader Lt. Dan Taylor.
The actor's name is Kenneth Bevington.
"JENNY" it's the most beautiful name in the whole world
Tom Hanks was the actor that portrayed Forrest Gump in the 1994 movie.
Forrest Gump's middle name is 'George'. 'Forrest George Gump'
Forrest's favorite book was Curious George.
The 1994 movie Forrest Gump was based on the novel of the same name by Winston Groom.
Bubba Gump is a shrimp company that got its name from the 1994 movie Forrest Gump. In the army, Forrest meets his friend Bubba, who wants to open a shrimp company and fish for shrimp. Bubba dies in the Vietnam War, so Forrest starts the shrimp company with Lieutenant Dan instead.
Forrest Gump
I can't recall that it was stated in the movie but he was named after a civil war era relative name Forrest Bedford Gump, the guy with the white robe and hood, on the horse with a white hood and horse blanket.
Forrest Gump (in the movie by the same name) was said to have been named after a famous general. This indicated that his family held General Forrest with esteem.
Baseball
The Bubba Gump Shrimp Company got the idea for their name from the movie.